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Hospital Characteristics are Associated With Readiness to Attain Stage 2 Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records
ConclusionRural hospitals have increasingly limited resources, which have resulted in a struggle for these facilities to attain meaningful use. Given increasing closures among rural hospitals, it is all the more important that EHR development focus on advancing rural hospital quality of care and linkages with patients and other organizations supporting the care of their patients. (Source: The Journal of Rural Health)
Source: The Journal of Rural Health - December 31, 2015 Category: Rural Health Authors: Jungyeon Kim, Robert L. Ohsfeldt, Larry D. Gamm, Tiffany A. Radcliffe, Luohua Jiang Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Powering Big Data for Nursing Through Partnership
The Big Data Principles Workgroup (Workgroup) was established with support of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. Building on the Triple Aim challenge, the Workgroup sought to identify Big Data principles, barriers, and challenges to nurse-sensitive data inclusion into Big Data sets. The product of this pioneering partnership Workgroup was the “Guiding Principles for Big Data in Nursing—Using Big Data to Improve the Quality of Care and Outcomes.” (Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly)
Source: Nursing Administration Quarterly - September 8, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

The Association between eHealth Capabilities and the Quality and Safety of Health Care in the Netherlands: Comparison of HIMSS Analytics EMRAM data with Elsevier’s ‘The Best Hospitals’ data
Conclusion There is no evidence found to support the research hypothesis at this point in time. This outcome maybe the result of a multiplicity of factors to include the (limited) use of the methodologies used in this study, the fact that no fully digitalized hospital (EMRAM stage 7) is yet present in the NL, and/or the organizational competency of the NL hospitals in fully leveraging the EMR to facilitate patient care. Further research is needed to explore these findings. (Source: Journal of Medical Systems)
Source: Journal of Medical Systems - August 4, 2015 Category: Information Technology Source Type: research

Electronic Personal Health Record Use Among Nurses in the Nursing Informatics Community
An electronic personal health record is a patient-centric tool that enables patients to securely access, manage, and share their health information with healthcare providers. It is presumed the nursing informatics community would be early adopters of electronic personal health record, yet no studies have been identified that examine the personal adoption of electronic personal health record’s for their own healthcare. For this study, we sampled nurse members of the American Medical Informatics Association and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society with 183 responding. Multiple logistic regression analy...
Source: CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing - July 1, 2015 Category: Information Technology Tags: Feature Articles Source Type: research

Electronic Personal Health Record Use Among Nurses in the Nursing Informatics Community.
Abstract An electronic personal health record is a patient-centric tool that enables patients to securely access, manage, and share their health information with healthcareproviders. It is presumed the nursing informatics community would be early adopters of electronic personal health record, yet no studies have been identified that examine the personal adoption of electronic personal health record's for their own healthcare. For this study, we sampled nurse membersof the American Medical Informatics Association and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society with 183 responding. Multiple log...
Source: Computers, Informatics, Nursing : CIN - June 9, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Gartrell K, Trinkoff AM, Storr CL, Wilson ML Tags: Comput Inform Nurs Source Type: research

The combined effect of the electronic health record and hospitalist care on length of stay.
CONCLUSIONS: The reduced LOS associated with hospitalist care is greater than that associated with EHR adoption. However, the combined reduction in LOS with both EHR adoption and hospitalist care may be substantial. PMID: 26014309 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The American Journal of Managed Care)
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - May 30, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Lee J, Kuo YF, Lin YL, Goodwin JS Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research

Delivery system characteristics and their association with quality and costs of care: Implications for accountable care organizations
Background: Implementation of accountable care organizations (ACOs) is currently underway, but there is limited empirical evidence on the merits of the ACO model. Purpose: The aim was to study the associations between delivery system characteristics and ACO competencies, including centralization strategies to manage organizations, hospital integration with physicians and outpatient facilities, health information technology, infrastructure to monitor community health and report quality, and risk-adjusted 30-day all-cause mortality and case-mixed-adjusted inpatient costs for the Medicare population. Methodology: Panel data (...
Source: Health Care Management Review - March 12, 2015 Category: American Health Tags: Features Source Type: research

Development, implementation, and initial evaluation of a foundational open interoperability standard for oncology treatment planning and summarization.
CONCLUSION: eCOTPS is the first oncology-specific CDA standard to achieve HL7 DSTU status. Oncology standards will improve care throughout the cancer journey by allowing the efficient transmission of reliable, meaningful, and current clinical data between the many involved stakeholders. PMID: 25604811 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association)
Source: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association - January 20, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Warner JL, Maddux SE, Hughes KS, Krauss JC, Yu PP, Shulman LN, Mayer DK, Hogarth M, Shafarman M, Stover Fiscalini A, Esserman L, Alschuler L, Koromia GA, Gonzaga Z, Ambinder EP Tags: J Am Med Inform Assoc Source Type: research

Association of electronic health records with cost savings in a national sample.
Conclusions Hospitals that use advanced EHRs have lower cost per patient admission than comparable hospitals with similar case mix. PMID: 25180501 [PubMed - in process] (Source: The American Journal of Managed Care)
Source: The American Journal of Managed Care - September 6, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Kazley AS, Simpson AN, Simpson KN, Teufel R Tags: Am J Manag Care Source Type: research

TriHealth spends $80M to go paperless
Converting to an electronic medical records system took TriHealth four years and cost about $80 million, but it’s expected to pay off in improved patient care at the Cincinnati health system’s hospitals and doctor offices. TriHealth announced today that its achievement has been cited by HIMSS Analytics, a market research firm for health information technology. The firm recognizes health systems that operate in a paperless environment and represent best practices in implementing electronic health… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - August 5, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Barrett J. Brunsman Source Type: research

America's Emergency Care Environment, A State-by-State Report Card: 2014 Edition
ACEP acknowledges with gratitude the organizations that provided or have published data used in this report, including the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Alliance of States with Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs, the Alliance for Biking and Walking, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Board of Emergency Medicine, the American Burn Association, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the American Osteopathic Association, the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine, the American Tort Reform Association, the American Trauma Society, the Brady...
Source: Annals of Emergency Medicine - January 21, 2014 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Report Card Task Force Members, ACEP Staff Tags: America's Emergency Care Environment, A State-by-State Report Card Source Type: research

Impact of CPOE Usage on Medication Management Process Costs and Quality Outcomes
We assess the impact of computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems usage on cost and process quality in the medication management process. Data are compiled from 1,014 U.S. acute-care hospitals that have already implemented CPOE. Data sources include the American Hospital Association, HIMSS Analytics, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. We examine the association of CPOE usage with nursing and pharmacy salary costs, and evidence-based medication process compliance. Empirical findings controlling for endogeneity in usage show that benefits accrue even when 100 percent usage is not achieved. We demonst...
Source: Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing - August 1, 2013 Category: Health Management Authors: Spaulding, T. J., Raghu, T. S. Tags: Research Papers Source Type: research

Electronic Medical Record Adoption in Hospitals That Care for Children
Conclusions: In 2010, freestanding children's hospitals had the highest percentage use of advanced stage EMR (39%), but the lowest improvements in percentage of hospitals entering into any stage of adoption over the study period. This trend created a digital divide among freestanding children's hospitals that may improve with pediatric-specific electronic medication management products. (Source: Academic Pediatrics)
Source: Academic Pediatrics - May 1, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Ronald J. Teufel, Abby Swanson Kazley, Annie L. Andrews, Myla D. Ebeling, William T. Basco Tags: Health Care in the Digital Age Source Type: research

Cleveland's under-construction medical mart to be called Global Center for Health Innovation
Cleveland's under-construction medical mart will be known as the Global Center for Health Innovation, Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald said in his State of the County address, Crain's Cleveland Business reports. FitzGerald also introduced the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society as the newest tenant to sign on, taking 12,500 square feet on the fourth floor, with plans to double the space by 2016. The $465 million health-care facility will open in downtown Cleveland this… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - February 20, 2013 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Evan Weese Source Type: research